What's The Question?
A quick activity that can be put up on the board at the beginning of the day. You need to choose ten random objects, numbers, names, places, settings, people and so on. These are the answers.
What the children must do is decide what the question was.
If you are brave enough, put your own name on the board as one of the answers. What question will they come up with!?
Suggestions:
1) snow
2) 42
3) table
4) Easter
5) (headteacher's name)
6) chocolate
7) X Factor
8) (your name)
9) Ipad
10) green
The best thing about this activity is that you can change the things in the list very easily so it can be repeated regularly. Also, it can be instantly accessed by all children regardless of ability. You can chose to push your abstract thinkers to come up with 'out of the box' style questions that go beyond the obvious. Some children will like to come up with the more quirky ideas anyway.
What the children must do is decide what the question was.
If you are brave enough, put your own name on the board as one of the answers. What question will they come up with!?
Suggestions:
1) snow
2) 42
3) table
4) Easter
5) (headteacher's name)
6) chocolate
7) X Factor
8) (your name)
9) Ipad
10) green
The best thing about this activity is that you can change the things in the list very easily so it can be repeated regularly. Also, it can be instantly accessed by all children regardless of ability. You can chose to push your abstract thinkers to come up with 'out of the box' style questions that go beyond the obvious. Some children will like to come up with the more quirky ideas anyway.